Another way of hunting on foot, plate two from The Art of Bullfighting
1814/16, published 1816
Medium
Etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint and burin on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 19.9 × 30.9 cm (7 7/8 × 12 3/16 in.); Plate: 24.3 × 35.2 cm (9 5/8 × 13 7/8 in.); Sheet: 32.1 × 45 cm (12 11/16 × 17 3/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
123710
Art Historical Context
Francisco José de Goya yientes, one of Spain's greatest Romantic artists, captured the raw drama of bullfighting in his seminal series *La Tauromaquia* (*The Art of Bullfighting published in 1816. *Another Way of Hunting on Foot*, plate two from this set of 33 etchings created between 1814 and 1816, depicts a tense moment in the ring where matadors on foot confront a charging bull. Goya, deafened by illness and disillusioned by Spain's Napoleonic turmoil, elevated bullfighting from mere spectacle to a profound metaphor for human struggle, mortality, and national identity. This print showcases...
About the Artist
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes · 1746–1828
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes was born on March 30, 1746, in the small Aragonese village of Fuendetodos, Spain, to José Benito de Goya, a master gilder, and Gracia de Lucientes. The fourth of six children in a modest lower-middle-class family, Goya received a basic education before beginning his artistic training at age 14 under the local painter José Luzán y Martínez in Zaragoza, where he sp...